John Duncanson

John Duncanson (14 April 1940 – 25 October 2020) was a Scottish television presenter and journalist, best known as a main anchor of Grampian Television's nightly regional news programme, North Tonight. Biography Born in Prestwick and raised in Selkirk, Duncanson started his career in the theatre, initially in stage management before he became an actor. Duncanson switched to television in 1964 when he joined Border Television in Carlisle as a continuity announcer. The following year, he moved to Ulster Television, before going onto work at ABC Weekend TV in Manchester and Birmingham - where his colleagues included David Hamilton and John Benson. He went onto work at several ITV stations, including Anglia, Harlech Television (HTV) and Tyne Tees.